Partners & Associates

Protecting your IP supports commercialisation and increases value, but there are many more challenges on the way to making your business a success. Through our work with associates we have developed partnerships that have made a difference to our business and will make a difference to yours.

Who Can Help You

IP is not the be all and end all. We develop partnerships and relationships with other top-notch providers that can help make your business a success. Here’s who we recommend and how they can help you.

IP Commercialisation

Innova Partnerships – www.innovapartnerships.comLed by Steve Howell, Innova specialises in helping near-to-market medical technology companies bring their products to market, raise finance or make deals. With access to key partners in various sectors. Innova will act as consultants, interim managers and work for a fee or for a stake, depending upon the opportunity.

IP Creation and Innovation

Idea Couture – www.ideacouture.com
The European division of this Canadian creative innovation agency is led by energetic entrepreneur Richard Palmer. Inventor of d3O, a soft flexible material containing intelligent molecules that lock together to absorb impact, Richard can now assist with bringing to life your visualisations.

IP Insurance

Safeguard IP – safeguardip.com/
David Bloom’s Safeguard IP offers a very approachable service and can help find the IP insurance policy suitable for your own business, including the cover required, the level of cover, the degree of risk and the budget (within reason)

Brand development

Evolution Design – www.evolution-design.co.uk
A graphic and web design company run by Neale Gilhooley, Evolution can help you communicate via logo creation, brand development, website design, and e-mailshots, brochures and exhibition stands.

PR agency

Burt Greener – www.burtgreener.co.uk
With accounts such as Irn Bru, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and Tennent’s, you know Janine Greener and her team are going to deliver a tailor-made PR strategy to endure maximum impact.

Who helps us

Key to efficiently delivering our services are our suppliers. We value the contribution of all our suppliers and choose them carefully to deliver the best service for you.

Our professional associates

We have relationships with patent and trade mark attorneys globally. We work with overseas associates who have the right blend of style, efficiency, approach and expertise to suit each of our clients’ requirements.

Media, graphic web, photography

Mrs Hare and Mr Heath – www.mrshareandmrheath.co.ukWeb design, branding, music scores and food to die for. Simon has helped us design and build our website. Amanda has helped cater for our clients. We have not yet commissioned a score or soundtrack. Watch this space!

Lewis Pics – www.lewspics.com
Lewis is known for his work in the high-octane, powerful and fast-moving world of motorsports.

Andy Bancroft – www.andydbancroft.com/
Andy has a good number of years’ experience in preparing formal drawings for patent applications and design registrations. He is timely, cost effective and produces a high quality product

Daniel Sutherland Design Studio – www.danielsutherland.co.uk/
Daniel is experienced in preparing patent and design drawings and is very responsive and goes the extra mile. His office also offers product design services

Web hosting and domain names

Broadband Cloud Solutions – www.broadbandcloudsolutions.co.uk
We can’t speak more highly of this firm. Where most spacemasters and domain name registration firms are distant and lifeless, Broadband Cloud Solutions manage a blend of online efficiency and personal and responsive availability.

NS Design – www.nsdesign.co.uk
As well as building websites, Gary Ennis and his team have been developing their reputation in delivering training and expertise in social media management and maximisation.

Business functions

George & Co (Chartered Accountants) – www.georgeco.co.uk
We’re grateful to Linda and the team for their support behind the scenes and keeping us on the straight and narrow.

Equinox IS (IP records) – www.equinoxis.com
All patent attorneys need a reliable records system. Equinox is designed by patent attorneys for patent attorneys, is intuitive and tunable to our needs.

Xero (accounting software) – www.xero.com/uk/
Designed for small businesses, Xero is constantly evolving to provide up-to-date cloud-based accounting to reduce the administrative burden

Paypal (payment facilitator) – www.paypal.com/uk/home
Well-known and effective – a great mechanism to take online payment with minimal up-front investment

Myfax (e-fax service) – www.myfax.com/
If for any reason you still need to send or receive faxes, myfax offers a straightforward and very reliable service for e-faxing

E-sign (online document signing service) – e-sign.co.uk
One of a number of online electronic signing services

St John’s Innovation Centre (business centre and virtual office) – stjohns.co.uk/
A pleasant Cambridge business centre, which provides a virtual tenancy service and meeting rooms for tenants to use in a pleasant environment and convenient for Cambridge

Hiscox Insurance – www.hiscox.co.uk
Provider of various business insurance, including public liability and other insurances you will required

PAMIA (PI insurance for patent attorneys)
The mutual professional indemnity insurance company for patent and trade mark attorneys, provides cover for 95% of UK and Irish private practice attorneys

Horncastle (travel agency) – www.horncastle.co.uk/edinburgh.php
Our neighbours at Horncastle provide a very reliable travel agency service for business travel – and can sort out problems in an emergency

Entertainment

We love finding new options for entertainment, both to celebrate our clients’ successes and give ourselves some down time… If we can’t celebrate your successes and our achievements, what can we do?
Check out these links for the venues and events organisers we have enjoyed using:

IP Services

Equinox (IP records) – www.workanyware.co.uk/
An adaptable and intuitive system, designed by patent attorneys for patent attorneys. A responsive and helpful team at Equinox too. We’re glad to be part of the family

Patentseekers (patent search) – www.patentseekers.com/en
Patentseekers provide professional and efficient patent search services according to client needs and budget and are reliable and helpful too

Valipat (EU patent validation) – www.valipat.com/
Again, our object is to add value to your business. We don’t rely on reciprocal EP validation business and so we can focus on finding the best service for you. Valipat is regularly part of our EP validation exercises

Patsnap (patent search and landscaping) – www.patsnap.com/
Patsnap is an excellent patent analytics portal with a wealth of patent data to mine, explore and visualise. A great tool to assist in IP planning, landscaping and competitor monitoring

Darts IP (IP case service) – www.darts-ip.com/
Provides case law information to support our work in various territories and is particular useful for trade mark matters.

Corsearch (TM search and TM watch) – www.corsearch.com/#HM
Helping us help you protect our brands. We use Corsearch for our cost-effective TM watching and monitoring offering

Membership Bodies

We maintain membership of a number of professional and sector-specific organisations who help us through representation, information and support and to keep up to date with key technology areas.